Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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26/08/2026: gene editing, Bernard Matthews factory closure
Yesterday
Gene editing, Bernard Matthews factory closure.
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25/08/2026: Milk prices, bluetongue, future crops
Tuesday
Milk prices, bluetongue in Europe, future crops.
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24/08/2026: bluetongue, future foods, farm app
Monday
Bluetongue in Scotland, future-proof crops, teen's farming app.
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22/08/26 Solar power - a panel discussion exploring the issues around solar development in the countryside.
Saturday
Solar energy - we need it to combat climate change, but how much and where should it go?
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21/08/2026: Drought farmer, biodiversity on solar farm, choral work
Last Friday
Drought farmer, biodiversity on solar farm, sheep music.
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20/08/26 Salmonella in eggs, bees in drought, roof-top solar
Last Thursday
Investigating an outbreak of salmonella - believed to come from imported eggs.
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18/08/2026 Bluetongue, solar farm row, vineyards
Tue 18 Aug 2026
Bluetongue vaccine, solar farm row, and the heat and vineyards.
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17/08/2026 Drought aid, Solar farms
Mon 17 Aug 2026
Government aid for drought-hit farmers in England, solar farms.
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Farming Today This Week: New drought package for farmers, bluetongue, brassica crisis, hot salads, B12 peashoots, cherries.
Sat 15 Aug 2026
Prime minister announces new support package to help farmers in England cope with drought.
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13/08/26 Bluetongue in sheep, growing more UK fruit and veg, B12 in salads
Thu 13 Aug 2026
Surviving bluetongue, the sheep farmer's story.
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12/08/2026 Controversial cattle cull, impact of drought on fish stocks, salads.
Wed 12 Aug 2026
Controversial cattle cull leaves farmers in Northern Ireland furious.
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11/08/2026 Impact of bluetongue on farmers, harvest in Europe, glass house salads.
Tue 11 Aug 2026
Counting the human cost of the livestock disease bluetongue.
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10/08/2026 Financial planning, farming in drought, salad
Mon 10 Aug 2026
The finances of farming in and after a heatwave.
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Farming Today This Week: Bluetongue cases continue to rise; impact of climate change on this year's harvest
Sat 8 Aug 2026
As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
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07/08/2026 Resilient crops for a changing climate, planting in a drought, Sheeted Somerset cattle
Fri 7 Aug 2026
We hear of work to make the UK’s arable crops more resilient in a changing climate.
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06/08/26 Bluetongue cases on the rise, vaccination and testing for the disease. Harvest in Perthshire.
Thu 6 Aug 2026
As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
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05/08/26 Scottish first minister on farming resilience; the cost of drought; harvest in Cumbria
Wed 5 Aug 2026
Scotland's first minister on farming policy and how to deal with wildfires in future.
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04/08/26 Wheat harvest, waste whey, sheep farmers at risk from disease
Tue 4 Aug 2026
This year's harvest puts many farmers in the red.
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Farming Today This Week 01/08/26 Drought, water abstraction, food inflation, bluetongue, young Cornish dairy farmer.
Sat 1 Aug 2026
Half of England and all of Wales are in drought, how's this affecting farmers?
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31/07/26 Calls for a food system change, the reality of farming in drought, pressure on rivers
Fri 31 Jul 2026
As drought spreads across the UK we hear calls for our water and food systems to change.
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30/07/26 Drought, food inflation, bluetongue
Thu 30 Jul 2026
Drought declared across much of England - what will that mean for farmers?
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29/07/26: Cairngorms wildfire two weeks in, South Wales hare coursing, wildflower seed farm
Wed 29 Jul 2026
It's been two weeks since a devastating wildfire began in the Cairngorms National Park.
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28/07/26 Campylobacter in chickens, community market garden, research anniversary
Tue 28 Jul 2026
Campylobacter in chickens, community market garden, research anniversary.
